Metropolis Launches Flame Keepers
What if a concert could go on forever? This fall, we're launching a new digital installation conceived by Jakub Ciupinski.
William Brittelle's Forbidden Colors
A WALK-ABOUT CONCERT AND LISTENING PARTY IN THE STYLE OF A ROVING ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC MINI-FESTIVAL FEATURING PERFORMANCES AND HARD-WIRED INSTALLATIONS HAND-CRAFTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE "PROFOUNDLY HIGH-FIDELITY" (NEW YORK TIMES) CUSTOM-BUILT SOUND SYSTEM AT PUBLIC RECORDS
June 25, 2019
LPR X Anniversary
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE JOINS IN CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF VILLAGE VENUE (LE) POISSON ROUGE, IN A SET FEATURING JAKUB CIUPINSKI AND KRISTIN LEE
June 15, 2018
Celebrate: Metropolis Ensemble Turns Ten
Celebrate a decade of innovation in music with a roving party.
Brooklyn Magazine: At Home With "Brownstone"
“Give these young performers points for novelty. “
Brooklyn Magazine: At Home with “Brownstone”: the Metropolis Ensemble Celebrates Ten Years
What makes “Brownstone,” as an evening-long event and as an individual piece of music, different is “that individual audience members have near total control over how they experience and hear the work,”
Washington Post: Music takes over every inch of the Phillips Collection
“The Phillips Collection had an artsy, New York vibe on Sunday when the Metropolis Ensemble took over the place, literally.”
Brownstone
Involving musicians and electronic elements placed through several floors, galleries, and former domestic spaces of The Phillips Collection.
May 8, 2016
An Uncommon Duo: Kristin and Jakub
Theremin and violin will take the stage together at the new music venue National Sawdust with Jakub Ciupinski and Kristin Lee.
Edible Manhattan: At This Pop-up, a Composer and a Chef Sync Performances
Jonah Reider is the culinary half of the duo behind “Brownstone,” a food- and music-based pop-up billed as “an experiential treasure-hunt of sound, taste and color.”
Wall Street Journal: Walk and Listen
In the Upper East Side townhouse that the American Irish Historical Society calls home, a violinist ambled down the stairs while tuning her instrument and a harpist improvised with electronic sounds that came from the walls.
Concord Monitor: Chamber group brings site-specific composition to Kimball House at Capitol Center for the Arts
This site-specific electro-acoustic composition living art installation by Jakub Ciupinski will not only be performed this weekend, but it will be performed by Metropolis Ensemble through the historic, Victorian-era Kimball House at the Capitol Center for the Arts.
Portland Press Herald: Victoria Mansion will become a stage for the Metropolis ensemble’s ‘Brownstone’
The New York-based ensemble, with roots in Maine, will perform at the Portland mansion on Oct. 3.